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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-regulations-1985/regulation-26",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/967",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-regulations-1985",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where it appears that a person who has made a claim for sickness benefit by virtue of section 50A of the Act in respect of occupational deafness—\n(a) may be entitled to disablement benefit, and\n(b) has not previously made a claim for disablement benefit in respect of occupational deafness or such a previous claim has been disallowed,\nsuch a claim for sickness benefit may also be treated as a claim for disablement benefit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/967/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:08:38.846269+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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